Telegram-herald., 1887-12-19

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snd baeyzDf. s2s grogad sndsF thsir feez azd
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ko<sss so&&y, Il skoad Ike th2t rsereatlca
above al Others. eus have no< ths means :
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stoek rs morning. fos have large estate,
II yoa oely rosil1s IL fwo k&Ras Two feet
Yea wiil have. perAzss, darlss the nsxt yeaf,
II least 90 for c1xF1s2h1e contribution. Yea
VII have tseaty ave huAdFed sheerfal leoks.
II yea want 10 employ thezR- ZOO VII have
I've t1ol&1ad plsSSszs wozass II yea want To
spaak tAsn Nov. sa&< Al sHo4nt thai Is
- start vita
Yea SO eat tolzaFFow nernins and you
sse clSs OF resi- aestllslEioa ~ ghs way
sld<- Yos give ala two osaEs. The blind
naan hears the psRaies rattle ia his lat, snd
BE says "Ihxax yoa. an, God bless you
Tea pass down tAs street, trying 70 lock IN
different; bat VOC fesl from The very depth
CT your soul profound satlsfzction that you
made that nan happy. You 20 on stlll
farther, AID md poor boy vita wheel
barrow, sryiag 20 get IL up on the curhstone.
lie fails IN the attempt You say, ''Stand
tack, nay lad; let me try" You push II up
On the etsrbstone for him, and pass on. b.
wonders who that well dressed nam was that
helped him You did kindness 10 the boy,
but You did great joy 10 your Own soul
You VIII not get over it al the week.
On the street tomorrow morning you viii
see sick man passing along "Ah,o you say.
what can do 70 make this man happyl Re
certainly does not want money; he is not poor;
but he is sick. Give him one OF those twenty
tive hundred cheerful looks that yoa have gar
nered up for the whole year. Look Joy ard
hopefuness into bis soul 1t will thrill him
through, aud there viii lie q reaction upon
your own soul. Going httle farther on you
will come 10 the store OF friend WHO is en-
barrassed in business matters. You win go in
and say, 'What fine store you hayel /
think business viii brighten up, and you will
have more custom after awh.le I think
there Is coming great prosperity to all tho
country. Good morning" You pass out. You
have helped that young man, and you have
helped yourself. And that night you go
home; you sit by the fire, you talk little,
you sing little, you laugh a little; you say:
Il really don't know what is the matter with
Inc. never felt so splendidly in my life"
L viii tell what is the matter with YOU
You spent only two cents out OF the $40; you
have contributed one out OF twenty-five hun
dred cheerful looks; you have given ten, fif-
teen or twenty Of the Eve thousand pleasant
words you are going TO speak during the
year; you have with your own hands helped
the boy with the wheelbarrow, and you feel
in body, mind and soul the thrill of that
recreation. Which do you think was the
happier-Col Gardiner, who sat with his
elbow on table spread with all extravagant
viands, looking off st a dog ON tho
rug, saying: "Eow I would like to
change places with him: | be the
dog and he be Col Gardiner or
those two Norayian missionaries who wanted
to so into the lazaretto for the sake of attend
ing the sick, and they were told: ''If you go
in there, you viii never come out. We never
allow any one to come out, for he would
bring tho contagion." Then they made their
wills and went in, first to help the sick and
then to die. Which was the happier. Col.
Gardiner OF the Mcravian missionaries diving
for othersi Was it all sacrifice when tho
missionaries wanted to bring the Gospel to
the negroes at the Barbados, and, being
denied the privilege, sold themselves into
slavery, standing side by side and lying
side by side down in the very ditch OF
suffering, in order that they might bring
those men up to life and God and
heavens Oh there is Il hrill in the ioy of
doing good. 1t IS the most magnificent re-
creation to which man ever puts his hand
or his head or his heart.
But, before closing, want to impress upon
you that mere secular entertainments are not
a fit foundation for your soul to build on
was reading of woman who had gone
all the rounds of sinful amusement, and she
came TO die. She said, Il will die tonight
at O'Clock" ''Oh," they said, "a guess
not, you don't seem to be sick" ''I shall die
at o'clock, and my soul will be lost
know it will be lost ! have sinned away
my day of grace" The noon came. They
desired to seek religious counsel.
"Oh,n she said, cit is of no use. nv davis
gone. have been all the rounds of worldly
pleasure, and it is too late. shall die to
night at 6 o'clock" The day wore away, and
it came to o'clock, and to o'clock, and she
cried out at 3 o'clock, Destroyed spirits. We
shall not have me yet; it is not 6, it is not
6p The moments went by, and the shadows
began to gather, and the clock struck 6; and
while it was striking her soul went What
whether o'clock tonight, or 3 O'Clock this
afternoon, or at / o'clock, or at this mo
nent. Sitting where you are, falling for
ward, or standing where you are, dropping
down, where would you go tol
But our hour for Edjourning has already
come, and the last hour of our lie viii soon
be here, and from that hour we will review
this days proceedings. 1t viii be solemn
hour If from our death pillow we have TO
look back and see a life spent in sinful amuse-
ment, there viii bo dart that will strike
through our soul sharper than the dagger
with which Virginius slew his child. The
memory Of the past will make us quake like
Macbeth. The iniquities and rioting through
which we have passed viii come upon us,
weird aud skeleton as Meg Merrilies. Death,
the old Shylock, wiz demand and take the re-
naming pound OF flesh and the remaining
drop Of blood, and upon our last opportu-
'bty for repentance, aud our last chance for
heaven, the curtain will forever drop.